Pirates @ Cubs
September 16, 1959

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Smoky Burgess Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .300
OBP .333 .353
At Bats 2 343
Hits 0 103
• Singles 0 60
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 1 28
RBI’s 0 53

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 7 14
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Wrigley Field - September 16, 1959
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Single
Don Elston
Sammy Taylor
Jim Marshall
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Walt Moryn
George Altman
Irv Noren
Smoky Burgess
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Burgess hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Don Elston now pitching. Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 7 Altman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dale Long pinch hits for Bob Anderson. Long hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Law hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Moryn moves to third. Noren moves to second.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Noren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moryn moves to second.
Bottom 6 Moryn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Marshall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Stuart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark tags and scores. Anderson tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Taylor bunts towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to third. Anderson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Anderson bunts and there's an error on the play. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Skinner hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Noren strikes out.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Law hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Anderson covering, for the out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clemente is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 3 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Taylor fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Groat scores. Clemente moves to third.
Top 3 Burgess takes first base on ball four. Clemente moves to second.
Top 3 Stuart hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Groat moves to third.
Top 3 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Anderson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Skinner hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Law hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor misplays the ball. That's an error on Taylor.
Top 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall scores.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner who is chasing the ball. Marshall reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Altman hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Clemente hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Altman. Clemente reaches second base with a double. Skinner scores.
Top 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Skinner moves to third.
Top 1 Skinner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Skinner reaches second base with a double.